“I clearly remember my friends and I at 13 years old conning our parents into letting us see Halloween when it came out in 1978,” Reznor explained in a press release. “We left the theater forever changed. We were damaged and scarred, with the shit genuinely scared out of us and that theme stuck firmly in our heads. John Carpenter, it’s your fault that I turned out the way I did.”

“Moody and dark,” Carpenter aded, “Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ version of “Halloween” does amazing justice to the original. I’m impressed.”

Compare/contrast the iconic theme below, right alongside Carpenter’s fall tour dates and his official music video for “Christine”….